Hadassah.
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Poppy. Welcome home.
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Any news about the Queen?
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She has refused to
obey the king's command.
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Good for her.
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The man was drunk and
the request was indecent.
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I agree but she has had to
suffer for her high morals.
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How? She has been put away.
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Put away? Never to
see his face again.
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But I thought he loved
her. That does not count.
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Why?
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She disobeyed him before
all the princess of the kingdom.
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Refused to see
face, he has no choice.
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Then love is not
supreme. Not when one is a king.
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Poppy, I'm so glad
to be ordinary people.
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Yes, Hadassah.
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We do have much
to be thankful for.
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Which reminds me is
the afternoon meal ready?
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Yes, come.
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It looks good. It is good.
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Oh, God of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
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Fill us with thy spirit is thou
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that fill us with the
good things of the earth.
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Amen.
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See, this is really
good. I'm glad you like it.
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Like it! The King
should eat so good.
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Poppy? Uh-hum.
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What will the King
do for a new queen?
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Oh, probably promote
one of his concubines.
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Do you think
anyone ever loves a king?
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Probably not.
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It doesn't seem
fair, does it? What's that?
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The king has so much
but enjoys so little.
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We have so
little, but enjoy so much.
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And it counts most,
we're richer than the king.
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Yes, Hadassah.
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We are the richest
people on the earth.
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All that remains is for
God to make me a grandfather.
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Do you mean you found him?
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My dear, little Hadassah,
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you're only barely a teenager.
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Surely you're not yet
impatient to find a husband.
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Well, not yet. But
one must think ahead.
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Hadassah, your happiness
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is most important
thing in the world to me.
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I have been watching and
praying for the right one.
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You're aiming too high, are you?
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I mean, a baker in the arms
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is better than a
banker in the dreams.
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No, Hadassah, not too high.
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Only a man of God. But when?
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God has His timing,
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like the stars
in the vast orbits.
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God's plans know
neither haste nor delay.
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You always say that.
Because it is always true.
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Oh, great king. What?
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It has been observed
that the king is not happy
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to have lost Vashti, the Queen.
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Brilliant, Harbona,
absolutely brilliant.
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It is not good for
the king to be alone.
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Harbona, you have
the makings of a genius.
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What I mean, Sire, is that
we should not just sit here
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and bemoan the loss of
the lovely Queen Vashti.
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Oh, am I to rejoice instead?
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I do have a suggestion.
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This better be good Harbona.
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I never should
have called for her.
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In the condition I was in you
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never should have
let me go for her.
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Now I'm miserable. For
there is none like her.
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Either for beauty
or for intelligence.
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Yes, Sire.
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So speak.
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Let the King call
for the most lovely
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and charming girls
in the entire kingdom
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to be brought to
Shushan, the palace.
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Then let she that shall
most please His Highness
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be made Queen in Vashti's stead.
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Good, Harbona. Yes, very good.
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I like that. Let it be done.
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Oh, yes, Your
Majesty. Do it at once.
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Oh, yes, Your Majesty.
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Poppy, welcome
home. Is there any news?
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The King has
issued a new decree.
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Oh?
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A decree that may
destroy our world, Hadassah.
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What does it say?
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The king has sent messengers
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to every corner of his kingdom
to seek out fair young virgins.
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She that pleases him
most will become Queen.
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So what that got to do with us?
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What? Hadassah?
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Do you never use the mirror?
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To comb my hair.
And what do you see?
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Just me.
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Oh, Creator God.
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Can it be that
she does not know?
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Know, what?
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Hadassah, do you
really not understand?
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Understand what?
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That you are beautiful.
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Me, beautiful?
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Yes, Hadassah,
beautiful, very beautiful.
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How you forget
to whom you speak.
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It is I, Hadassah, remember me?
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The rascal tomboy
with pigtails and freckles.
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I know to whom I
speak my daughter.
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But you have never so much
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as called me
pretty or even cute.
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Am I now suddenly beautiful?
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Yes.
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This is some secret
you've tried to keep from me.
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To protect you
from greedy young men
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who would whisper
sweet nothings in your ear
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and then abandon you in
search of other conquests.
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I could never believe
such words of empty love.
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No.
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Many a women much wiser than you
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has been thus
deceived, Hadassah.
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There are dangers
in being beautiful.
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Well, even if I
was pretty as you say,
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God would never send
me to a heathen court.
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I agree. But we
must do our part.
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All right, I'll
tie back my hair,
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paint spots on my face
and wear servant's cloths.
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All your teachers will
come here for your lessons.
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And there is to be no more
looking down from the balcony.
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But my-- No. None.
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The world must forget
that you exist, Hadassah.
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How long is my prison term, sir?
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Until the king has finished
the search of his kingdom.
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I've got to hide
for two to three years?
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Yes.
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Or until I have you
safely married to a worthy man.
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That could take forever.
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God has His timing, like
the stars in their vast orbits.
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God's plans know
neither haste nor delay.
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You must believe it.
I do believe it, Poppy.
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But come.
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Let us forget the king
and his foolish problems.
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I have prepared the most
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exquisite experiment
for the afternoon meal.
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Oh, creative, God. How
do I make her understand?
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You were saying, Ben Israel?
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I was saying,
Mordecai my friend, no.
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It is not possible.
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But the King's
decree is over a year old.
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We've kept her hidden thus far.
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Mordecai, you grasp at straws.
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You know that
Hadassah's beauty is,
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it's famous
among all our people.
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Surely our people
will not betray us.
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No. No.
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We're all children of Abraham.
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You forget, not everyone born
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to Abraham is a
child of promise.
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Isaac, you
remember had seven brothers.
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Oh, why?
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Why can't God's
people work in unity?
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God's true people can, yes.
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But God's true people, when
God commanded our Father saying,
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"Flee out of the
midst of Babylon.
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God's true people obeyed.
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So what does
that make us Mordecai,
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keeper of the King's gate there.
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I suppose that makes us
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the children of the
comfortable cowards.
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Aye.
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Just the kind it
would be willing to sell
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the little sister for
a bit of silver or less.
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Don't deceive
yourself, Mordecai.
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Don't deceive
Hadassah. Prepare her.
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Prepare her well.
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But will God send her to
be just another concubine?
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I don't understand.
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Two sons of men is not always
given gift of understanding.
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But to sons of men is
always given gift of faith.
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Therefore I
trust, Mordecai, trust.
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I shall. But
what can I do for her?
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You can prepare her
for the course of Shushan.
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I will not train
her to be a harem girl.
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Who speaks of harem girls?
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And what's left?
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To be Queen. Queen?
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Queen!
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Ben Israel, she
is barely a teenager.
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Foolish
Mordecai, open your eyes.
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You have been so
busy to train her brain
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that her body
has slipped past you
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and she has become beautiful,
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intelligent young
woman with wit, charm.
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What? Yes, yes.
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One who could understand
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the inner workings of a kingdom.
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Hadassah? Yes, this kingdom.
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You seem so sure.
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Mordecai, it is not by
accidentally king seeks a queen.
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And it is not by
accident that Hadassah
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has the heart of a queen.
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If she is taken,
it is because God
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has brought her to the
kingdom just for such a time.
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I wish I could
believe that. You must.
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Why? Why?
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Why, because if she goes
in with the wrong attitude
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they will grind
her spirit in the dust.
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Oh, but, if she goes in
with the right attitude,
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she will be queen.
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You have no time
to lose, Mordecai.
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In your few
remaining weeks or days,
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you must give her
the heart of a queen.
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God be with you.
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Any news, Father?
No, Hadassah. No news.
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Oh, why can't he just
hurry and chose someone?
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I'm so tired of
being-- Hadassah.
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Father? Sit down.
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We need to talk. About?
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Remember, how
Joseph was sold as a slave?
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And how he remained
faithful to his God?
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Yes.
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When he stood half naked
on the Egyptian auction block,
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do you think he
understood God's plan?
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Probably not.
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And Daniel in Babylon?
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When he was made a
eunuch and a slave,
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when he saw his
people slaughtered,
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did he understand? No.
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But they trusted
God, didn't they?
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What are you getting at, father?
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Just this, soon they will
begin the search of Shushan.
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They will come to
this neighborhood,
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to our house, to your room.
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You shall hide me.
There is no hiding.
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Too many of our
people know about you.
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Our people
would never betray me.
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Tell that to
Joseph. Then I shall flee.
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They're watching
for girls who flee.
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You wouldn't get
past the city walls
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before your torture
and mutilation began.
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Then what have we
gained by playing this
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foolish game of hide and seek?
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Why am I forced
to live as a hermit
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when all my friends
are going to parties,
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falling in love,
and getting married?
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Why?
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It has given us time to study
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and to pray, to draw closer to--
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The King seeks find
young virgins, doesn't he?
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Yes.
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It would seem that
in the past two years,
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you could have found
someone for me to marry.
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Of course, long
ago, hundreds of times.
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Then what have you waited for?
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A man of God,
Hadassah. A man of God.
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What takes so long?
Are they so very few?
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Yes, Hadassah, less than few.
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What will become of me, then?
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Ben Israel thinks
you shall be taken.
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Ben Israel? Yes.
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No. Oh, please, no.
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And you?
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And you?
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The same. No.
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It's almost certain. My, my.
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What a glorious
future to took forward to.
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Hadassah, the
concubine. Hadassah?
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And what sweet memories I
shall have to look back on.
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A lifetime of preparation
for some great man of God,
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I shall never
meet-- Please, my child.
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And a lifetime of learning
Psalms, I shall never sing.
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Please don't.
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And instead of an
unworthy Israelite
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who is weak in faith,
I shall be an evening's
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entertainment for a
pagan king who has no faith!
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What a fine
trade God has given me.
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Hadassah? I should rather die.
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Where are you going?
For a walk in the woods.
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Something I haven't done
since this nightmare began.
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But you could be
killed? If I'm lucky.
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I forbid you to
leave. No. Please?
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I will die before I
share a pagan's bed.
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That is for God
to decide, not you.
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Sit down.
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You will obey me, child.
00:17:20.17\00:17:22.43
You play the part of a coward.
00:17:35.82\00:17:37.90
You wouldn't run into the arms
00:17:39.44\00:17:41.22
of the first
faithless Israelite,
00:17:41.25\00:17:44.23
just to spare
yourself of little indignity.
00:17:44.26\00:17:47.25
You think God doesn't
know what He is doing?
00:17:48.49\00:17:51.46
What is He doing?
00:17:51.49\00:17:53.72
I don't know, my
child. We never know.
00:17:55.72\00:18:00.23
Poppy, I'm
afraid, so very afraid.
00:18:00.26\00:18:05.18
I know, my little one, so am I?
00:18:05.21\00:18:09.05
Is it so wrong to want to die?
00:18:09.08\00:18:11.92
Anyone can die, Hadassah.
00:18:11.95\00:18:14.88
The challenge is to
live on when life seems
00:18:14.91\00:18:17.96
turned upside down.
00:18:17.99\00:18:19.58
I don't know if I can. You can.
00:18:19.61\00:18:22.87
It's Joseph and
Daniel all over again.
00:18:23.98\00:18:27.88
God is depending on you
and you must not fail Him.
00:18:27.91\00:18:32.44
All right.
00:18:39.31\00:18:40.68
What must I do?
00:18:42.25\00:18:44.18
You must
memorize the words of God,
00:18:45.61\00:18:48.83
for they are food for your soul.
00:18:48.86\00:18:51.34
You must be much in prayer,
00:18:51.37\00:18:55.11
for prayer is the
breath of the soul.
00:18:55.14\00:18:58.49
But these I do already.
Enough for ordinary times, yes.
00:18:58.52\00:19:02.36
But you face a
time with no scriptures,
00:19:03.74\00:19:07.47
no synagogue, no
one to trust, except.
00:19:07.50\00:19:12.66
I understand. Good.
00:19:17.63\00:19:22.52
God still sits on His throne.
00:19:22.55\00:19:24.80
But now it is time
for evening worship.
00:19:27.54\00:19:30.14
Get me the section of the Torah.
00:19:31.22\00:19:32.97
Yes, Poppy.
00:19:33.00\00:19:34.80
Poppy? Yes.
00:19:42.72\00:19:45.03
I'm sorry.
00:19:47.16\00:19:48.74
You'll be all
right, my little one.
00:19:49.94\00:19:52.60
Just trust Him. I shall.
00:19:52.63\00:19:56.39
Poppy? Yes, my child.
00:20:01.20\00:20:04.13
I love you.
00:20:07.00\00:20:09.00
I love you too my child.
00:20:11.33\00:20:14.41
But hurry. The Torah grows old.
00:20:14.44\00:20:19.37
Yes, Poppy.
00:20:19.40\00:20:20.77
Good morning, Your Majesty.
Oh, good morning, Harbona.
00:20:23.31\00:20:26.92
How goes the search?
00:20:26.95\00:20:28.45
More young ladies are
arriving daily, Your Majesty.
00:20:28.48\00:20:32.15
And if you don't
mind me saying so,
00:20:32.18\00:20:34.47
I do believe
your chief difficulty
00:20:34.50\00:20:36.78
will be in
choosing the prettiest.
00:20:36.81\00:20:39.27
The prettiest? Don't you
think I look past the face?
00:20:39.30\00:20:43.11
Oh, but of
course, a lovely body is--
00:20:43.14\00:20:46.27
No, no, no.
00:20:46.30\00:20:48.20
What I want, what I long for,
00:20:48.23\00:20:50.81
what I need, Harbona,
00:20:50.84\00:20:53.22
is someone who also
has mental faculties.
00:20:53.25\00:20:56.53
Someone whose
beauty has not aborted
00:20:56.56\00:20:58.34
the growth of her brain.
00:20:58.37\00:21:01.03
Oh, I see.
00:21:01.06\00:21:03.44
I seek a woman
with original thoughts.
00:21:03.47\00:21:06.49
One who can
wrestle mind with mine.
00:21:06.52\00:21:10.35
Have you found such
a one as that, Harbona?
00:21:10.38\00:21:14.79
If she exists,
Haggai will find her.
00:21:14.82\00:21:19.08
Well, he'd better.
00:21:19.11\00:21:21.19
I grow weary of beautiful idiots
00:21:21.22\00:21:24.54
who are so
unsure of their beauty
00:21:24.57\00:21:26.26
that they cover themselves
00:21:26.29\00:21:27.66
with layers of
grease and powder.
00:21:27.69\00:21:30.84
Have you ever kissed a
face like that, Harbona?
00:21:30.87\00:21:33.20
Well, to be honest--
00:21:35.78\00:21:37.99
Like kissing a
dusty floor, isn't it?
00:21:38.02\00:21:41.32
And then there
are the tinkle girls.
00:21:41.35\00:21:43.08
The tinkle girls?
00:21:45.13\00:21:46.98
Yes, you know, the ones
who wear all the earrings,
00:21:47.01\00:21:50.17
and nose rings, and bracelets,
00:21:50.20\00:21:52.03
and anklets, and necklaces,
and broaches and pendants.
00:21:52.06\00:21:55.71
It sounds like a heard of
goats coming down the hall.
00:21:55.74\00:21:59.40
But Your Majesty! It
was you who commanded them
00:21:59.43\00:22:04.86
to choose from such a
vast array of gold and jewels.
00:22:04.89\00:22:10.08
It was you who gave them leave
to keep all that they choose.
00:22:10.11\00:22:15.83
To test them, Harbona.
00:22:15.86\00:22:18.25
To see if there will be
one woman in all the world
00:22:18.28\00:22:21.56
who could chose
dignity over greed.
00:22:21.59\00:22:25.89
So far all have failed.
00:22:25.92\00:22:29.20
Is there not one, Harbona?
00:22:31.36\00:22:34.08
Just one woman in all the world
who is happy with who she is?
00:22:34.11\00:22:38.25
We'll find her, Your Majesty.
00:22:40.22\00:22:42.84
Haggai has already began
to search here in Shushan
00:22:42.87\00:22:46.63
and there won't be a
house from India to Ethiopia
00:22:46.66\00:22:50.84
that won't be
searched from top to bottom,
00:22:50.87\00:22:53.85
yet we'll find her,
Your Majesty. Yes we will.
00:22:53.88\00:22:57.52
Dear God, isn't
there another way?
00:22:57.55\00:23:02.76
Haven't You one
more miracle for me?
00:23:02.79\00:23:05.48
Please! And if You do say no,
00:23:09.11\00:23:16.02
help me to trust.
00:23:16.05\00:23:17.66
Such a sad
prayer, my little one.
00:23:24.63\00:23:28.21
They have begun the
search here in Shushan.
00:23:28.24\00:23:33.09
Why does God not answer?
00:23:33.12\00:23:36.87
Perhaps, He has.
00:23:36.90\00:23:38.77
Do you think I can
remain true to Him?
00:23:41.32\00:23:44.68
If you breathe. Breathe?
00:23:44.71\00:23:47.98
Prayer, remember,
a breath of the soul.
00:23:48.01\00:23:52.85
Breathe freely and deeply
of the atmosphere of heaven
00:23:52.88\00:23:56.68
and no matter
what happens to you,
00:23:56.71\00:23:59.64
God is there. I shall.
00:23:59.67\00:24:04.27
I will not let a day
go by without praying.
00:24:04.30\00:24:07.00
Something else. What?
00:24:09.11\00:24:13.16
You must not reveal your people.
00:24:15.45\00:24:19.88
I'm not ashamed to
be one of God's people.
00:24:19.91\00:24:22.99
No. I know whatever I speak.
00:24:23.02\00:24:26.73
Promise me silence.
00:24:26.76\00:24:29.73
Because I love
and trust you, father.
00:24:29.76\00:24:33.51
I promise.
00:24:33.54\00:24:34.91
One thing more. What?
00:24:38.05\00:24:40.53
You must change your name.
00:24:42.85\00:24:45.76
Change my name? Yes.
00:24:45.79\00:24:47.87
But my name is who I
am. It is a Jewish name.
00:24:47.90\00:24:52.00
Your new name will be...
00:24:55.12\00:24:57.47
Esther.
00:25:01.73\00:25:04.12
I'm a flower, not a
star. I don't like it.
00:25:04.15\00:25:08.39
You don't have to like
it. You just have to use it.
00:25:08.42\00:25:13.13
Hadassah is no more.
00:25:13.16\00:25:15.64
I know it hurts, my child.
00:25:19.41\00:25:22.84
But it must be. You understand?
00:25:22.87\00:25:25.63
But this is foolish to
speak as if I'm really going.
00:25:30.00\00:25:33.18
God may not put--
Poppy! May God be with us?
00:25:33.21\00:25:36.02
Open up, in the
name of the king.
00:25:36.05\00:25:38.42
Poppy, what shall I do?
00:25:38.45\00:25:39.82
From this moment on, you must
conduct yourself as a queen.
00:25:39.85\00:25:42.58
I am a frightened little girl.
00:25:42.61\00:25:45.37
Open up, I say. Poppy.
00:25:45.40\00:25:46.87
Silence. You
will cry only to God.
00:25:46.90\00:25:50.10
Do we have to
break this door now?
00:25:50.13\00:25:52.39
Let him in.
00:25:52.42\00:25:53.79
You're the master
of this house? I am.
00:25:59.38\00:26:02.96
One of your neighbors tells me
00:26:02.99\00:26:04.36
that you have a
pretty girl here.
00:26:04.39\00:26:06.04
Huh.
00:26:09.34\00:26:10.71
And so you do.
00:26:12.37\00:26:14.72
Come, into the light my lovely.
00:26:14.75\00:26:18.04
Messy hair.
00:26:27.63\00:26:30.08
Painted face. Slaves clothing.
00:26:30.11\00:26:36.67
Who did you think
you could fool, girl.
00:26:36.70\00:26:39.55
Come. Now.
00:26:39.58\00:26:42.53
Sure, now. What do
you think yesterday?
00:26:42.56\00:26:45.98
But may she bid
the servant's farewell.
00:26:46.01\00:26:49.49
My orders from Haggai are for
speed not sad farewells. Come.
00:26:49.52\00:26:54.77
Do you dare interfere
with the king's business?
00:26:56.58\00:27:01.27
Shall we go?
00:27:01.30\00:27:02.67
Esther?
00:27:08.56\00:27:09.93
Yes, good sir.
00:27:12.72\00:27:14.84
Breathe deeply.
00:27:14.87\00:27:17.11
I shall.
00:27:17.14\00:27:19.13
Unto Joseph, I shall do my best.
00:27:19.16\00:27:21.90
God go with you.
00:27:29.03\00:27:30.51
397, 398, 399,
00:27:30.54\00:27:38.50
empty heads.
00:27:38.53\00:27:41.91
Oh, Haggai.
00:27:41.94\00:27:45.11
Is there any hope for you?
00:27:45.14\00:27:47.17
Master, Haggai.
00:27:49.52\00:27:50.90
Well, what have
you for me today?
00:27:50.93\00:27:54.44
A most lovely creature, sir.
00:27:54.47\00:27:56.81
You've said that
about all of them.
00:27:56.84\00:27:59.01
Ah, but this one is
different. You said that too.
00:27:59.04\00:28:04.17
Send her in. Yes, sir.
00:28:07.47\00:28:09.78
Good morning, number
400. Good morning, sir.
00:28:19.37\00:28:25.24
Do you have a name,
number 400? My name is Had...
00:28:25.27\00:28:30.77
Surely you do know your name?
00:28:30.80\00:28:35.86
My name is Esther. Esther.
00:28:35.89\00:28:39.29
I could use a star right now.
00:28:39.32\00:28:41.86
Tell me. Did you come willingly?
00:28:41.89\00:28:44.81
I prayed with all my
heart to be passed by.
00:28:44.84\00:28:47.84
You seem
religious. I love my God, yes.
00:28:47.87\00:28:52.20
Good. It will give
you something to cling
00:28:52.23\00:28:55.01
to until you adopt our religion.
00:28:55.04\00:28:57.70
Is that required?
00:28:57.73\00:29:00.48
It just happens that way.
00:29:00.51\00:29:03.24
When the girl see the
gold splashed everywhere,
00:29:03.27\00:29:07.10
hear our finest music,
00:29:07.13\00:29:10.57
and see the flower of our youth
dancing before the golden gods,
00:29:10.60\00:29:15.49
they all bow down.
00:29:15.52\00:29:18.99
You will bow down. Perhaps.
00:29:19.02\00:29:21.90
Tell me, my little nun.
00:29:24.22\00:29:28.75
What does your God expect you
to do in the present situation?
00:29:28.78\00:29:33.29
My best.
00:29:33.32\00:29:35.07
Tell me, how do you
feel about being beautiful?
00:29:37.07\00:29:42.10
What makes you think that I am?
00:29:42.13\00:29:43.72
Call it an educated guess.
00:29:46.06\00:29:48.07
Why won't you look at
me? I am looking at you.
00:29:48.10\00:29:51.65
How do you feel
about being beautiful?
00:29:51.68\00:29:54.30
I never thought much about it.
00:29:54.33\00:29:56.42
Oh, why not?
00:29:56.45\00:29:59.60
I've always had more
important things to think on.
00:29:59.63\00:30:03.67
Tell me, have you any education?
00:30:03.70\00:30:08.05
Some. In what?
00:30:08.08\00:30:10.95
Cooking, a trade, some
music and little science.
00:30:10.98\00:30:14.36
Did you say science? Some, yes.
00:30:16.39\00:30:19.96
We shall see.
00:30:19.99\00:30:21.36
Here we have a
large cylindrical vase.
00:30:31.56\00:30:36.65
Use this ruler
to find its volume.
00:30:36.68\00:30:40.49
It should hold about
three and three-fourths Ephahs.
00:30:58.00\00:31:03.10
Let me see that ruler.
00:31:03.13\00:31:05.26
You are wrong. I am?
00:31:20.52\00:31:23.03
It holds four.
00:31:23.06\00:31:25.05
Did you remember to account
for the thickness of the clay?
00:31:25.08\00:31:27.71
Vashti. What's that?
00:31:37.15\00:31:40.33
Nothing.
00:31:40.36\00:31:41.73
Sing for me.
00:31:43.62\00:31:45.46
I left my
heart. Sing without it.
00:31:45.49\00:31:49.15
You wish.
00:31:49.18\00:31:50.97
By the waters of a river
00:31:52.97\00:31:58.27
in a very distant land
00:31:58.30\00:32:02.73
We hung our harps in silence
00:32:02.76\00:32:07.08
as our tears fell in the sand.
00:32:07.11\00:32:11.77
Then our
captives cried for music
00:32:11.80\00:32:17.30
while mocking at our fear
00:32:17.33\00:32:21.61
Tell me who can
sing a song of joy
00:32:21.64\00:32:26.78
when their eyes
are full of tears
00:32:26.81\00:32:32.19
You are not happy to
be here? I wanted to die.
00:32:35.46\00:32:41.62
I know how you feel.
00:32:41.65\00:32:43.02
How could you
possibly know how I feel?
00:32:43.05\00:32:45.49
You never had to
say goodbye forever?
00:32:45.52\00:32:49.14
Yes, I have. When?
00:32:49.17\00:32:53.60
When my people
sent me to this place
00:32:57.51\00:33:04.09
as part of their tribute.
00:33:04.12\00:33:07.79
One does not
choose to become a eunuch.
00:33:07.82\00:33:11.41
Then you understand.
00:33:11.44\00:33:14.57
Yes, Esther, I understand.
Then send me home, please.
00:33:14.60\00:33:20.99
Just because I understand
00:33:21.02\00:33:23.14
does not mean
that I've gone mad.
00:33:23.17\00:33:26.29
What do you mean?
00:33:26.32\00:33:28.16
If I lose you, I lose my head.
00:33:28.19\00:33:32.08
You'll begin training tomorrow.
00:33:37.08\00:33:41.49
You shall live
here in Vashti suite.
00:33:41.52\00:33:45.55
You will have
the best beauticians,
00:33:45.58\00:33:48.13
the best masseuses,
00:33:48.16\00:33:50.93
and seven of our finest maidens
to cater to your every whim.
00:33:50.96\00:33:55.41
Me? Yes, Esther, you.
00:33:55.44\00:33:58.82
Let us begin by
putting on some decent clothing
00:34:00.40\00:34:05.37
and washing your face.
00:34:05.40\00:34:09.26
Who did you think
you could fool anyway?
00:34:11.54\00:34:14.21
Hey, Mordecai, my
friend. Ben Israel.
00:34:18.23\00:34:22.12
Any news yet? Yes.
00:34:24.59\00:34:27.10
She has found
favor in Haggai's eyes.
00:34:27.13\00:34:29.84
It is the hand
of God. I think so.
00:34:29.87\00:34:32.83
He is sparing no
pains to make her queen.
00:34:32.86\00:34:35.74
Oh, she will be queen.
00:34:35.77\00:34:37.77
The only question is.
00:34:39.75\00:34:41.48
Why will she be queen?
00:34:43.74\00:34:46.23
What do you mean?
00:34:46.26\00:34:48.18
God does not elevate one
of our people without reason.
00:34:48.21\00:34:51.76
Joseph in Egypt, to save
our ancestors from starvation.
00:34:51.79\00:34:55.48
Daniel, so Cyrus would
release our fathers, but why?
00:34:55.51\00:35:00.79
Why would He elevate Hadassah?
00:35:00.82\00:35:03.60
Surely not to save us again.
00:35:03.63\00:35:05.84
No.
00:35:05.87\00:35:07.56
You forget, there is a price to
pay for comfortable cowardice.
00:35:07.59\00:35:13.69
Ah! Your imagination runs riot.
00:35:13.72\00:35:16.57
I hope so. But, because Messiah
is to come of our people.
00:35:16.60\00:35:22.62
The evil one has
ever sought to destroy us.
00:35:22.65\00:35:25.55
Could there be
destruction in the wind
00:35:27.30\00:35:30.46
and Hadassah is to save us?
00:35:30.49\00:35:34.38
Wait and see.
00:35:34.41\00:35:37.69
I just wish I
could help somehow.
00:35:37.72\00:35:40.25
Help? Help who?
Hadassah, of course.
00:35:40.28\00:35:44.41
Oh, Mordecai, there.
00:35:44.44\00:35:46.38
There comes a time when a parent
has done all that he can do.
00:35:46.41\00:35:50.30
Now Hadassah's
future is up to Hadassah.
00:35:50.33\00:35:54.17
Besides, when it
comes to charming the king,
00:35:54.20\00:35:59.61
I don't think Hadassah
needs any help from you.
00:35:59.64\00:36:04.16
Good morning, Esther.
Good morning, Master Haggai?
00:36:07.49\00:36:10.52
You seem cheerful this morning.
00:36:10.55\00:36:11.92
I hear you've written
a love song for the king.
00:36:11.95\00:36:14.53
Well, I've put it together--
I hear it is very lovely.
00:36:14.56\00:36:17.92
Well, thank you.
00:36:17.95\00:36:19.56
You must sing it to the king.
00:36:19.59\00:36:21.57
Someday.
00:36:21.60\00:36:23.36
No, some night. Some night?
00:36:23.39\00:36:27.59
Like tonight.
00:36:27.62\00:36:31.77
Tonight? Yes, tonight, come.
00:36:31.80\00:36:34.04
Wait, wait, where to?
To the royal dressing room.
00:36:34.07\00:36:37.12
But I-- Come, come.
00:36:37.15\00:36:39.54
Oh! Oh my! I've
never seen so many jewels,
00:36:49.26\00:36:55.95
and fine gowns,
look at the furs.
00:36:55.98\00:37:01.71
Who are these people?
00:37:01.74\00:37:03.50
Makeup artists, to make
you as lovely as you can be.
00:37:03.53\00:37:07.03
But what is all this for?
00:37:07.06\00:37:10.26
For you, dear Esther. For you.
00:37:10.29\00:37:13.82
The king has provided the finest
gowns, veils, jewels, perfumes,
00:37:13.85\00:37:19.58
whatever it takes to make
the best impression on the king.
00:37:19.61\00:37:22.72
And not only that,
but the king has decreed
00:37:24.40\00:37:29.19
that you may
keep as your very own,
00:37:29.22\00:37:32.06
all the jewels and
clothing you choose to wear.
00:37:32.09\00:37:35.12
I choose? Yes, choose.
00:37:35.15\00:37:38.79
Choose whatever it takes
00:37:38.82\00:37:40.19
to make you all the
woman you want to be.
00:37:40.22\00:37:42.57
But I can't.
00:37:42.60\00:37:44.91
It is thus ordered by the king.
00:37:44.94\00:37:48.54
All this nonsense is what
prostitutes use to trap fools.
00:37:48.57\00:37:52.70
You choose for me, dear Haggai.
00:37:54.79\00:37:59.12
Are you sure?
00:37:59.15\00:38:00.52
Well, you know
what the king likes.
00:38:00.55\00:38:02.71
Oh. Oh, I have prayed that you
would let me do this for you.
00:38:02.74\00:38:07.90
That green gown will
accentuate your eyes.
00:38:07.93\00:38:11.37
For perfume wear
essence of carnations,
00:38:11.40\00:38:15.07
the king loves carnations.
00:38:15.10\00:38:18.62
Let's see, a veil or no veil?
00:38:18.65\00:38:24.57
You must wear your hair simple.
00:38:24.60\00:38:27.28
May I suggest blue eye shadow
00:38:27.31\00:38:29.54
and liner to bring out her eyes?
00:38:29.57\00:38:31.93
And may I suggest
sequins and glitter?
00:38:31.96\00:38:35.36
Go home fools.
00:38:35.39\00:38:38.39
Do you add to
the luster of a pearl
00:38:38.42\00:38:40.33
by covering it over with paint?
00:38:40.36\00:38:43.58
They all make the same mistake.
00:38:43.61\00:38:46.86
Too much paint. Too many jewels.
00:38:46.89\00:38:51.49
So many clothing that
the king can't find them
00:38:51.52\00:38:54.66
or so little that he
needs no imagination.
00:38:54.69\00:38:59.86
But not tonight.
00:38:59.89\00:39:03.12
Tonight you will be
00:39:03.15\00:39:05.26
simple, pure, lovely.
00:39:05.29\00:39:11.21
And tomorrow night,
00:39:12.96\00:39:15.14
the king will
call for you again.
00:39:15.17\00:39:17.70
Not yet, Haggai.
Wait until we're sure.
00:39:17.73\00:39:21.15
Listen, Esther.
00:39:21.18\00:39:23.71
And if you are not the
queen, there will be no queen.
00:39:23.74\00:39:29.55
Girls, come, dress
Esther for her wedding night.
00:39:29.58\00:39:34.11
Well, I think you're ready.
00:39:36.05\00:39:38.57
Is a girl ever ready
for her wedding night?
00:39:38.60\00:39:41.92
How do you feel? A bit nervous.
00:39:41.95\00:39:44.72
Good. It will
keep your eyes bright.
00:39:44.75\00:39:47.43
Well, this is goodbye,
Esther. It's been a pleasure.
00:39:52.03\00:39:58.86
Thank you. You've been
good to me, Haggai, too good.
00:39:58.89\00:40:04.50
No, dear Esther.
00:40:04.53\00:40:06.67
You have been too good to us.
00:40:06.70\00:40:09.84
The way you
comforted the other girls.
00:40:09.87\00:40:14.68
Your love for those of us
00:40:14.71\00:40:16.12
who don't understand
the language of heaven.
00:40:16.15\00:40:18.01
All that your
parents have made you to be,
00:40:22.04\00:40:25.84
it's what we all want to become.
00:40:25.87\00:40:27.43
Well, the king has
waited over two years for you.
00:40:31.88\00:40:36.42
We mustn't keep
him waiting any longer.
00:40:36.45\00:40:38.83
Goodbye, Esther.
Your God go with you.
00:40:41.29\00:40:46.10
He's your God too, Haggai.
00:40:46.13\00:40:47.85
Goodbye, Haggai.
00:40:51.28\00:40:52.65
God go with you, little star.
00:41:09.99\00:41:12.22
I love you.
00:41:14.22\00:41:16.51
Will she really
be queen, master?
00:41:16.54\00:41:18.22
You tell the chamberlain
00:41:29.48\00:41:32.39
that tomorrow there
will be a coronation.
00:41:32.42\00:41:35.25
Can you be sure, master?
00:41:35.28\00:41:38.21
Look.
00:41:38.24\00:41:39.61
She is singing to him. Go.
00:41:44.31\00:41:48.32
My Queen. Hetack, what's wrong?
00:41:56.17\00:41:58.52
An urgent message
for you, Queen Esther,
00:41:58.55\00:42:00.07
from Lord Mordecai.
00:42:00.10\00:42:01.54
To Esther, the Queen.
00:42:07.65\00:42:10.08
You must immediately
inform the Great King
00:42:10.11\00:42:13.35
that his two
doorkeepers, Bigthan and Teresh
00:42:13.38\00:42:16.41
have serious
designs on the king's life.
00:42:16.44\00:42:19.33
Action must be swift.
00:42:19.36\00:42:21.53
Mordecai, keeper
of the king's gate.
00:42:21.56\00:42:24.39
Hetack. My Queen?
00:42:24.42\00:42:25.79
Take this to the
king, immediately.
00:42:25.82\00:42:27.49
His life may depend
on it. Yes, Your Majesty.
00:42:27.52\00:42:29.75
Make sure that he understands
that it comes from Mordecai.
00:42:29.78\00:42:33.37
You could sign
your own name, my Queen.
00:42:33.40\00:42:35.20
Hetack, what I
say is what I mean.
00:42:35.23\00:42:38.01
The name is Mordecai.
00:42:38.04\00:42:40.28
Yes, my Queen.
00:42:40.31\00:42:41.68
Thank you, dear God.
00:42:44.40\00:42:47.73
Thank you, Mordecai.
00:42:47.76\00:42:51.16
Well, Haman, how is the
king enjoying his new bride?
00:42:51.19\00:42:55.91
To be honest, I've never
seen the king more content.
00:42:55.94\00:43:00.08
So how does that
change things for us?
00:43:00.11\00:43:03.50
Well, not at all, my dear.
00:43:03.53\00:43:05.36
She's only a woman
00:43:05.39\00:43:07.80
Besides, I have the
king's total confidence
00:43:07.83\00:43:11.63
and once the honeymoon is over
00:43:11.66\00:43:14.25
I'll begin the process of
00:43:14.28\00:43:15.98
neutralizing
little Queen Esther.
00:43:16.01\00:43:18.82
That's sounds like
a tall order, Haman.
00:43:18.85\00:43:21.83
What? You are talking to Haman,
00:43:21.86\00:43:24.56
son of Hammedatha and
for descendants of Esau,
00:43:24.59\00:43:29.70
there are no tall orders,
00:43:29.73\00:43:32.99
especially in
view of my promotion.
00:43:33.02\00:43:37.02
Promotion? Promotion to what?
00:43:37.05\00:43:41.37
To Prime Minister,
second in the kingdom.
00:43:41.40\00:43:45.59
Prime Minister? Oh,
Haman, how wonderful.
00:43:45.62\00:43:50.17
My husband, second in the
greatest kingdom on earth.
00:43:50.20\00:43:55.97
Oh, the wonder of it all. Yes.
00:43:56.00\00:43:58.97
The wonders have just
begun, Zeresh, only begun.
00:43:59.00\00:44:03.70
Soon I will be ready
to make serious plans.
00:44:03.73\00:44:08.20
My ten sons
shall be princess. Yes.
00:44:08.23\00:44:12.37
And head someone, they shall be.
00:44:12.40\00:44:16.18
Can't you see them all in
white chargers, Lord Haman.
00:44:16.21\00:44:20.92
Sounding the trumpets
00:44:20.95\00:44:22.93
and leading the
procession before me.
00:44:22.96\00:44:26.05
Oh, I tell you, Zeresh,
00:44:26.08\00:44:27.69
the glories of
the Amalekite kingdom
00:44:27.72\00:44:29.46
did not die when
Samuel the Jew smoking a gag.
00:44:29.49\00:44:35.03
But, oh, how I thirst for
revenge upon those murderers.
00:44:35.06\00:44:40.81
No, no, Haman,
don't make any rash moves.
00:44:40.84\00:44:46.14
Your time will come. Yes.
00:44:46.17\00:44:50.05
And it's almost here.
00:44:50.08\00:44:53.22
Soon I'll wear
the king's signatory.
00:44:53.25\00:44:57.61
Come, let's call a banquet
for all our friends and family.
00:44:57.64\00:45:02.57
I have much to tell them of the
glories of Haman the Agagite.
00:45:02.60\00:45:06.52
Shalom, Mordecai.
Hey, Ahiezer, shalom.
00:45:14.88\00:45:18.63
I hear rumors about you. Rumors?
00:45:18.66\00:45:23.21
They say you do not bow
very low to the prime minister.
00:45:23.24\00:45:27.57
That is not true. No. It's not?
00:45:27.60\00:45:30.24
The fact is I don't
bow at all. Time to start.
00:45:30.27\00:45:35.95
Some of the other
gatekeepers have told Haman
00:45:35.98\00:45:38.55
and today he will be
on the watch for you.
00:45:38.58\00:45:40.69
So let him watch.
00:45:40.72\00:45:42.69
They told him
you're a Jew. I'm honored.
00:45:42.72\00:45:45.84
Mordecai, what I'm trying to
say is that Haman is a big man.
00:45:45.87\00:45:50.29
You've got to bow down,
00:45:50.32\00:45:51.69
or you are going to
get us all in big trouble.
00:45:51.72\00:45:53.65
No. What he demands is too much.
00:45:53.68\00:45:57.09
But you must.
Not to Amalekite dog.
00:45:57.12\00:46:01.11
If King Saul had been faithful,
there would be no Haman.
00:46:01.14\00:46:05.41
Mordecai, listen.
00:46:05.44\00:46:07.02
We are strangers
in a strange land.
00:46:07.05\00:46:09.56
We must be
prepared to compromise.
00:46:09.59\00:46:13.10
"Thou shalt have no
other Gods before me."
00:46:13.13\00:46:17.28
You are going to
get us in trouble.
00:46:17.31\00:46:19.44
If we get in
trouble by obeying God,
00:46:19.47\00:46:23.04
God will deliver us.
00:46:23.07\00:46:24.59
Make way. Come on Mordecai.
00:46:24.62\00:46:27.00
No, Make way for Lord Haman.
00:46:27.03\00:46:29.68
Bow down.
00:46:29.71\00:46:31.31
All bow down by
order of the king.
00:46:31.34\00:46:35.12
You fool bow down. To God alone.
00:46:35.15\00:46:40.79
Bow down, before
our prime minister.
00:46:40.82\00:46:44.74
All bow down by
order of the king.
00:46:44.77\00:46:49.01
Mordecai,
please, for your people.
00:46:49.04\00:46:52.58
Make way. Make
way for Lord Haman.
00:46:56.45\00:47:00.80
Bow down.
00:47:00.83\00:47:02.36
Oh, now you've done it.
Now you've really done it.
00:47:02.39\00:47:06.39
God will help us. Oh really.
00:47:06.42\00:47:08.70
Then where was
God when Jerusalem was
00:47:08.73\00:47:10.60
burned to the ground
and the temple sacked?
00:47:10.63\00:47:13.06
He was driven away
00:47:13.09\00:47:14.51
by the same spirit of compromise
00:47:14.54\00:47:16.93
that you're
advocating right now.
00:47:16.96\00:47:19.77
Someday, God will have a people
00:47:19.80\00:47:22.12
who will glorify His
name by simply believing
00:47:22.15\00:47:26.67
that God says what He
means and He means what He says.
00:47:26.70\00:47:31.43
Hey, Ahiezer we
could be that people.
00:47:31.46\00:47:35.81
You speak foolishness.
00:47:35.84\00:47:37.66
Now go after
Haman and apologize,
00:47:37.69\00:47:40.50
before he takes
serious measures.
00:47:40.53\00:47:42.45
No. I command you.
00:47:42.48\00:47:44.14
Command a sun to freeze.
00:47:44.17\00:47:47.92
You're an escapee
from the lunatic fringe.
00:47:47.95\00:47:51.35
The rabbi will be by to see you.
00:47:51.38\00:47:53.34
I'm sure he will. Fool.
00:47:53.37\00:47:55.66
The raw nerve of that
Jew. Can you believe the gall?
00:47:55.69\00:48:00.01
The whole world bows down
to me except one lousy Jew.
00:48:00.04\00:48:04.96
This is incredible.
Who does he think he is?
00:48:04.99\00:48:08.46
He thinks he's
one of the remnant
00:48:08.49\00:48:10.37
of God's chosen
ones, that's who.
00:48:10.40\00:48:13.69
There's probably a
150,000 stiff-necked bigots
00:48:13.72\00:48:18.51
just like him out there.
00:48:18.54\00:48:20.65
God's chosen ones. What a joke.
00:48:20.68\00:48:25.12
Ought to
exterminate the whole lot.
00:48:25.15\00:48:27.67
No, no, Haman.
00:48:27.70\00:48:29.44
To kill one
measly Jew is one thing.
00:48:29.47\00:48:33.23
But a whole
nation is something else.
00:48:33.26\00:48:36.11
They are leaders in
banking, commerce, and industry.
00:48:36.14\00:48:40.37
And they have the power
that comes with wealth, Haman.
00:48:40.40\00:48:43.50
Yes, they are a
wealthy lot, aren't they?
00:48:43.53\00:48:48.39
It's too bad
there isn't some way
00:48:48.42\00:48:51.15
to use their
wealth against them.
00:48:51.18\00:48:53.74
Hmm.
00:48:53.77\00:48:55.14
Maybe there is.
How could there be?
00:48:56.97\00:48:59.45
What if the king
were to pass a law
00:49:00.94\00:49:03.97
making all Jews open hunting?
00:49:04.00\00:49:08.14
And what if each
hunter were allowed to possess
00:49:08.17\00:49:11.77
the property of
every Jew he kills?
00:49:11.80\00:49:15.99
What did you say? Oh
nothing. It was stupid.
00:49:16.02\00:49:19.35
No. No. I like it.
00:49:19.38\00:49:23.62
Get this Zeresh.
00:49:23.65\00:49:25.27
We will pass a law making
it open season on all Jews.
00:49:25.30\00:49:29.48
And each hunter
will be permitted
00:49:29.51\00:49:32.14
to keep the property
of each Jew he kills.
00:49:32.17\00:49:35.87
That way the richer the Jew
00:49:35.90\00:49:38.15
the more
dangerous it is for him.
00:49:38.18\00:49:40.82
Yes, yes. And what do
you think of it, Zeresh?
00:49:40.85\00:49:44.52
It's too dangerous, Haman.
00:49:44.55\00:49:46.97
A bold plan to be sure.
00:49:47.00\00:49:49.88
But I feel the spirit moving.
00:49:49.91\00:49:52.87
And I think it
will work. Just be sure.
00:49:52.90\00:49:55.64
In fact I know it will work.
00:49:55.67\00:49:58.27
Men, women,
brides, little children,
00:49:58.30\00:50:03.10
all shall perish together.
00:50:03.13\00:50:05.54
And Mordecai will watch it all
00:50:05.57\00:50:08.75
knowing that he was the cause.
00:50:08.78\00:50:11.32
Are you really serious?
00:50:11.35\00:50:13.50
Serious? Yes, I'm
serious. Dead serious.
00:50:13.53\00:50:18.35
Why should I be
content with a single Israelite
00:50:18.38\00:50:22.22
when I can destroy them all?
00:50:22.25\00:50:24.37
Move carefully,
Haman. Move very carefully.
00:50:24.40\00:50:29.07
They are dangerous people.
00:50:29.10\00:50:32.24
You think I don't know.
00:50:32.27\00:50:34.46
Their distant fathers
annihilated my nation.
00:50:34.49\00:50:38.69
My throat has long been cracked
with the thirst for justice.
00:50:38.72\00:50:43.74
And now time to drink
the sweet wine of revenge.
00:50:43.77\00:50:48.26
No, no Haman. Don't
make any rash moves.
00:50:48.29\00:50:53.21
Best to seek
counsel of the wise.
00:50:54.46\00:50:58.77
But of course. Call them all.
00:50:58.80\00:51:01.83
Call the soothsayers,
00:51:01.86\00:51:03.56
the
necromancers, the high priests.
00:51:03.59\00:51:06.48
The witches and wizards.
00:51:06.51\00:51:09.19
The astrologers.
The palm readers.
00:51:09.22\00:51:11.77
Call the whole sacred lot.
00:51:11.80\00:51:14.60
You know, it is a
full moon tonight.
00:51:14.63\00:51:19.74
Good. Tonight.
00:51:19.77\00:51:23.04
By moon full we will
deliver and engage the team.
00:51:23.07\00:51:27.54
Cast the die and swing the key.
00:51:27.57\00:51:30.88
Spy out the
planets, Venus and Mars.
00:51:30.91\00:51:34.49
Line up the paths of
all the bright stars.
00:51:34.52\00:51:38.46
Nothing by
chance when this we do.
00:51:38.49\00:51:42.06
Set us a time to
kill the last Jew.
00:51:42.09\00:51:46.96
Love it, Haman. Just love it.
00:51:46.99\00:51:50.44
Sleep well, Mordecai.
00:51:50.47\00:51:53.47
For tomorrow you begin to die.
00:51:53.50\00:51:58.44
And what is this
special request you mentioned,
00:51:59.44\00:52:02.23
Haman, my friend?
00:52:02.26\00:52:04.66
It is not so much a
personal request, Your Majesty,
00:52:04.69\00:52:08.24
so much as an affair of state.
00:52:08.27\00:52:10.50
Oh? Yes.
00:52:10.53\00:52:12.68
You see, there is a
certain wicked nation
00:52:12.71\00:52:16.23
that has
infiltrated your kingdom
00:52:16.26\00:52:18.95
at all levels of society.
00:52:18.98\00:52:21.26
There is? Yes, Sire.
00:52:21.29\00:52:23.84
They are
seeking to spread unrest
00:52:23.87\00:52:26.31
and insurrection everywhere,
00:52:26.34\00:52:30.01
saying that they are the only
00:52:30.04\00:52:31.74
true people of
the only true God.
00:52:31.77\00:52:35.74
And that all the rest of
us are worshiping devils.
00:52:35.77\00:52:39.58
What's in so?
Indeed, Your Majesty.
00:52:39.61\00:52:43.22
They refuse to join the rest of
the world in our day of worship.
00:52:43.25\00:52:49.34
Choosing rather to do their
own thing on their own day.
00:52:49.37\00:52:54.33
Neither kindness nor punishment
can bring them into harmony.
00:52:54.36\00:52:58.93
Therefore it is my opinion
00:53:00.98\00:53:05.85
that you should
destroy them utterly.
00:53:05.88\00:53:09.95
Rather strong measures?
00:53:09.98\00:53:13.54
The only final
solution, Your Majesty.
00:53:13.57\00:53:18.07
Yes, in fact, I feel so
strongly about this matter,
00:53:18.10\00:53:23.79
that I propose to contribute
660,000 pounds of silver
00:53:23.82\00:53:30.45
to help with the expenses.
00:53:30.48\00:53:32.27
333 tons of
silver? Yes, Your Majesty.
00:53:32.30\00:53:35.91
My, you certainly put your money
where your mouth is, Haman.
00:53:35.94\00:53:40.25
When one
considers the blessings,
00:53:40.28\00:53:42.40
it will come to
our divine kingdom
00:53:42.43\00:53:44.39
and view of such a measure.
00:53:44.42\00:53:46.43
One soon sees that
the price is cheap enough,
00:53:46.46\00:53:50.63
Your Majesty, cheap enough.
00:53:50.66\00:53:54.65
Do as you deem best.
00:53:54.68\00:53:56.65
Only remember, a law of
the Medes and the Persians
00:53:56.68\00:54:00.75
may never be changed.
00:54:00.78\00:54:02.64
But of course, Your Majesty.
00:54:02.67\00:54:04.73
A law that can be changed
labels it's maker a fool.
00:54:04.76\00:54:08.05
Indeed.
00:54:08.08\00:54:09.58
How would you like the
silver to be paid, Your Majesty?
00:54:11.38\00:54:14.64
What is a handful of
silver among friends?
00:54:14.67\00:54:17.42
Oh, Your Majesty.
Keep it for your old age.
00:54:17.45\00:54:19.99
Thank you, Your Majesty.
00:54:20.02\00:54:22.39
I shall not trouble you
further about this minor matter.
00:54:22.42\00:54:26.66
Good day, Your Majesty.
00:54:26.69\00:54:28.06
Oh, Haman. Sire.
00:54:28.09\00:54:30.81
You'll want my signet ring.
00:54:30.84\00:54:34.00
Of course, Your Majesty.
00:54:34.03\00:54:36.32
Good day, Your Majesty.
00:54:40.26\00:54:42.29
Good day Haman.
00:54:42.32\00:54:44.08
My most trusted friend.
00:54:44.11\00:54:46.55
My Queen. Did you send
the new clothes to Mordecai?
00:54:58.94\00:55:01.95
Yes, my Queen.
00:55:01.98\00:55:03.35
Did he put them on?
00:55:03.38\00:55:04.75
He refused them, my Queen.
00:55:04.78\00:55:06.15
Did he offer an explanation
00:55:06.18\00:55:07.55
why he is mourning
with sackcloth and ashes?
00:55:07.58\00:55:10.54
Yes. He sent you this.
00:55:10.57\00:55:13.96
Why, it's a royal decree,
sealed with the king's own ring.
00:55:13.99\00:55:17.84
Informed by Haman.
00:55:19.75\00:55:21.85
That there is
humungous of wicked people,
00:55:21.88\00:55:24.25
I give order that
the Jews to smothercate
00:55:24.28\00:55:27.71
both mother and
child, old and young
00:55:27.74\00:55:29.86
shall be utterly
destroyed. This is insane.
00:55:29.89\00:55:33.34
Haman is personally
in charge of the purge
00:55:33.37\00:55:35.30
and has promised
660,000 pounds of silver
00:55:35.33\00:55:38.43
to the king's treasury
to pay for all the expenses.
00:55:38.46\00:55:41.77
Oh, no.
00:55:41.80\00:55:44.20
He's also made a law that
00:55:44.23\00:55:45.86
anyone killing a Jew
may possess his property.
00:55:45.89\00:55:48.31
Oh God, no.
00:55:48.34\00:55:51.69
Lord Mordecai also
told me to give you this.
00:55:51.72\00:55:55.96
"My beloved Hadassah.
00:56:02.81\00:56:05.50
You must at
once prepare yourself
00:56:05.53\00:56:09.10
to go before the Great King
00:56:09.13\00:56:11.41
to make
supplication for your people."
00:56:11.44\00:56:15.43
My Queen, what's wrong?
00:56:19.17\00:56:20.99
He wants me to
go before the king,
00:56:21.02\00:56:24.32
to make
supplication for my people.
00:56:24.35\00:56:27.16
But to go unbidden to
the king is to die. Yes.
00:56:27.19\00:56:32.35
And there is no
record of the king
00:56:32.38\00:56:33.80
having extended
the scepter to anyone.
00:56:33.83\00:56:35.54
I know that Hetack.
00:56:35.57\00:56:38.02
Well, I should consider
this a most impossible request.
00:56:38.05\00:56:41.31
Yes, it is impossible.
00:56:41.34\00:56:43.87
Tell Mordecai, the king
has not called me for 30 days.
00:56:43.90\00:56:47.16
There's nothing I can do.
00:56:47.19\00:56:49.09
Yes, my Queen.
00:56:49.12\00:56:50.49
"My beloved Hadassah.
00:56:53.28\00:56:56.41
You must at
once prepare yourself
00:56:56.44\00:56:59.96
to go before the Great King
00:56:59.99\00:57:02.31
to make supplication--"
00:57:02.34\00:57:04.07
No, he'll kill me.
00:57:04.10\00:57:06.69
My Queen. What did he say?
00:57:10.64\00:57:12.23
He sent this.
00:57:12.26\00:57:13.72
Please leave me.
00:57:16.17\00:57:17.75
"My beloved Hadassah.
00:57:21.56\00:57:24.06
Do not think
that you shall escape
00:57:24.09\00:57:26.21
just because you
are in the king's house.
00:57:26.24\00:57:29.46
If you hold your peace
00:57:29.49\00:57:31.20
then God will surely send
deliverance from another place.
00:57:31.23\00:57:34.97
But you and your father's
house shall be destroyed.
00:57:35.00\00:57:39.41
And who knows but that
you have come to the kingdom
00:57:39.44\00:57:42.98
just for such a time."
00:57:43.01\00:57:46.00
"For such a time." Could it be.
00:57:46.03\00:57:50.27
Oh, dear God. Is
this why I have come?
00:57:51.97\00:57:56.44
Is it for such a time?
00:57:57.88\00:57:59.92
I shall do as you bid me.
00:58:02.97\00:58:05.20
Only grant me courage I pray.
00:58:05.23\00:58:08.33
Hetack. Your Majesty?
00:58:12.97\00:58:15.73
Take answer to
the Lord Mordecai.
00:58:15.76\00:58:17.34
Yes, Ma'am. "Father Mordecai.
00:58:17.37\00:58:20.87
Tell all the Jews of
Shushan to fast for me.
00:58:20.90\00:58:23.81
Take neither bread nor water
for three days and three nights.
00:58:23.84\00:58:28.36
My maidens and I
shall do the same.
00:58:28.39\00:58:30.84
And then--And then, I'll
rise and go on unto the king.
00:58:30.87\00:58:37.88
And if I perish-- I perish."
00:58:37.91\00:58:44.47
My Queen, you can't. Go.
00:58:44.50\00:58:47.79
Going my Queen.
00:58:49.78\00:58:51.15
Oh, Lord, deliver
us from our enemy.
00:59:00.01\00:59:03.98
There you are. Go away.
00:59:04.01\00:59:07.13
And where shall I go to
escape a universal death decree?
00:59:07.16\00:59:10.57
Tell me that would you.
00:59:10.60\00:59:11.97
I don't know. We can only pray.
00:59:12.00\00:59:15.37
What lousy good do you think
00:59:15.40\00:59:16.79
a little prayer
is gonna do anybody?
00:59:16.82\00:59:18.80
I told you not to cross Haman.
00:59:18.83\00:59:20.55
But no, you have to be a hero.
00:59:20.58\00:59:22.75
Mordecai, the righteous fanatic,
00:59:22.78\00:59:24.92
has to be the one to
do the work of Satan.
00:59:24.95\00:59:28.36
I obeyed God. And
look what it got us?
00:59:28.39\00:59:31.90
A whole nation doomed to die.
00:59:31.93\00:59:34.18
Where do you see
God's hand in that, huh?
00:59:34.21\00:59:37.02
Just what do you think you've
accomplished from all this,
00:59:37.05\00:59:39.89
Mordecai or what?
00:59:39.92\00:59:41.72
All I know to do is
what the scriptures command,
00:59:41.75\00:59:46.29
the rest I must leave with God.
00:59:46.32\00:59:48.43
Well God better do
something soon, friend.
00:59:48.46\00:59:50.71
Because if He doesn't,
I'm coming after you myself.
00:59:50.74\00:59:53.68
You've got that, fanatic.
00:59:53.71\00:59:55.56
Oh, Lord, forgive
me for my mistake.
00:59:59.58\01:00:04.46
Shalom, Lord Mordecai.
01:00:04.49\01:00:06.22
Shalom, Ben Israel.
01:00:07.97\01:00:11.36
Well, you were right
01:00:11.39\01:00:14.15
about Satan time
to destroy our people.
01:00:14.18\01:00:17.20
It will never be thus
even to the end of time.
01:00:17.23\01:00:20.85
But God has given us Hadassah.
01:00:20.88\01:00:24.38
Yes, today she takes her life
before the king, because of me.
01:00:24.41\01:00:31.04
You take this too
personally. Should I not?
01:00:31.07\01:00:34.43
You acted as any true believer.
01:00:34.46\01:00:38.33
And I foreseen the results.
01:00:38.36\01:00:42.03
I don't know if I would--
01:00:42.06\01:00:43.63
For this reason God does not
always open to us the future.
01:00:43.66\01:00:48.31
But He does reward
faithfulness, Mordecai.
01:00:48.34\01:00:52.90
You watch, you wait and see.
01:00:52.93\01:00:56.20
When they took
my little Hadassah,
01:00:56.23\01:00:59.65
all I had was God's promise.
01:00:59.68\01:01:02.92
It is the same now.
01:01:02.95\01:01:04.36
At least now we know
01:01:04.39\01:01:06.01
why our little flower
was ordained to blossom
01:01:06.04\01:01:10.80
just at the approach
of the king's gardeners.
01:01:10.83\01:01:15.75
Yes, it was,
just for such a time.
01:01:15.78\01:01:20.29
Our people have been
fasting with her for three days.
01:01:20.32\01:01:23.34
We are meeting at the
synagogue to pray for her.
01:01:23.37\01:01:25.74
Can you come? Yes.
01:01:25.77\01:01:27.54
We shall commit to God.
01:01:27.57\01:01:32.45
Do I look my best Hetack.
01:01:32.48\01:01:35.82
Hetack. My Queen.
01:01:35.85\01:01:37.57
Why must you appose me?
01:01:37.60\01:01:39.75
Because you go to die.
I go to save my people.
01:01:39.78\01:01:43.21
No. To die.
01:01:43.24\01:01:45.16
Death holds no fears for one
already under the death decree.
01:01:45.19\01:01:48.96
My, Queen, listen.
01:01:48.99\01:01:50.37
The king knows not
that you are Jewish.
01:01:50.40\01:01:52.63
Keep it that way.
01:01:52.66\01:01:54.12
My robe please.
But you are innocent.
01:01:54.15\01:01:56.67
And are not all of my people,
01:01:56.70\01:01:58.44
the young, the old, the bride,
the groom, the little children.
01:01:58.47\01:02:02.41
They have no choice, but you do.
01:02:02.44\01:02:05.16
You do not have to die
for naked little ghetto girls.
01:02:05.19\01:02:08.01
I was once a naked
little ghetto girl, Hetack.
01:02:08.04\01:02:11.51
You? Yes.
01:02:11.54\01:02:12.91
The only difference
is it someone taught me
01:02:12.94\01:02:16.47
about a God who
thought I was important.
01:02:16.50\01:02:19.48
But-- Hetack, this is difficult
enough without watching you cry.
01:02:19.51\01:02:25.34
My robe please?
01:02:25.37\01:02:27.19
Your robe, Your Majesty.
01:02:34.58\01:02:38.68
Thank you, Hetack. See you soon.
01:02:38.71\01:02:42.23
Esther's God.
01:02:46.60\01:02:49.99
If you are really
there, help her. Please.
01:02:50.02\01:02:55.32
Next.
01:02:59.12\01:03:00.90
The merchants of
Shushan request the privilege
01:03:00.93\01:03:04.19
to licensing the
beggars about the city gates.
01:03:04.22\01:03:08.41
To what purpose?
Well, they didn't say.
01:03:08.44\01:03:11.31
Well, they didn't need to say.
01:03:11.34\01:03:13.78
The power to license
is the power to control.
01:03:13.81\01:03:17.28
They probably-- Someone comes.
01:03:17.31\01:03:20.67
Unannounced? Unannounced, Sire.
01:03:20.70\01:03:23.14
Harken! He who passes these
portals passes to his death.
01:03:23.17\01:03:28.26
Guards, to the ready.
01:03:28.29\01:03:30.47
What is your request, my Queen?
01:04:16.26\01:04:18.82
I will grant anything.
01:04:18.85\01:04:20.83
Even unto half of my kingdom.
01:04:20.86\01:04:23.19
If I have found
favor in the king's eyes,
01:04:23.22\01:04:26.46
I'd like to request that He and
Haman come to a royal banquet
01:04:26.49\01:04:30.32
I have prepared for them.
01:04:30.35\01:04:33.04
Harbona. Yes, Your Majesty.
01:04:33.07\01:04:37.85
Is there anything else
you wish to say my Queen?
01:04:37.88\01:04:40.66
No. There is time to talk
later, oh my king, live forever.
01:04:40.69\01:04:45.26
I shall be waiting for you.
01:04:47.93\01:04:49.65
Harbona, what do
you make of that?
01:04:56.03\01:05:02.35
She obviously wants something
very, very badly, Your Majesty.
01:05:02.38\01:05:07.55
Yes. But she won't say
what it is until tonight.
01:05:07.58\01:05:13.58
Do I guess correctly that
His Majesty is a bit curious?
01:05:13.61\01:05:19.23
A bit. How long
until dinner, Harbona?
01:05:19.26\01:05:23.66
Four hours, Your
Majesty. Four hours.
01:05:25.02\01:05:30.63
May I suggest a lion hunt
to how pass the time, my Lord?
01:05:30.66\01:05:34.21
Are you mad? But
you love to hunt lions.
01:05:34.24\01:05:37.80
Of course I love to hunt lions.
01:05:37.83\01:05:40.14
But hunting lions
requires one's full attention.
01:05:40.17\01:05:43.87
In my distracted
state, I could get killed.
01:05:43.90\01:05:47.76
Call the next case.
Oh, yes, Your Majesty.
01:05:47.79\01:05:51.26
And so friends and
family, I presently find myself
01:05:54.14\01:05:58.75
to be one of the
wealthiest men in the world.
01:05:58.78\01:06:01.61
Yes, one two.
01:06:01.64\01:06:03.22
Second only to
the king in power.
01:06:03.25\01:06:05.85
Is that the
king's signet ring? Yes.
01:06:07.42\01:06:12.97
Show it our friends, Haman.
01:06:13.00\01:06:15.38
But, best of all,
I have finally won
01:06:15.41\01:06:18.83
the heart of
Esther, Queen of Persia.
01:06:18.86\01:06:22.99
Esther. Esther.
01:06:23.02\01:06:24.63
In fact, I have just
returned from a royal banquet
01:06:24.66\01:06:28.72
where I was the only guest.
01:06:28.75\01:06:32.30
Yes, just the other night.
01:06:32.33\01:06:34.71
Thank you, thank you.
01:06:34.74\01:06:36.33
And to top it all off.
01:06:36.36\01:06:38.18
The Queen has
invited the king and I,
01:06:38.21\01:06:41.80
once again to another
banquet tomorrow night.
01:06:41.83\01:06:45.68
I know what this means,
01:06:45.71\01:06:47.66
this means that
you are in now Haman.
01:06:47.69\01:06:50.25
You must be a
happy man now, my Lord.
01:06:52.74\01:06:57.36
No. No? What? Not happy?
01:06:57.39\01:07:03.06
All of this avails me nothing
01:07:03.09\01:07:05.79
so long as I see Mordecai the
Jew sitting at the king's gate.
01:07:05.82\01:07:10.22
Is that your biggest problem?
01:07:10.25\01:07:12.68
That's my only problem?
01:07:12.71\01:07:14.81
We'll solve that
little problem right now.
01:07:14.84\01:07:18.78
I propose you build a gallows
01:07:18.81\01:07:22.12
high enough for
the entire city to see.
01:07:22.15\01:07:26.12
Where? In our courtyard.
01:07:26.15\01:07:29.76
When? Tonight? Yes, tonight.
01:07:29.79\01:07:33.68
Why? To hang there
on Mordecai the Jew.
01:07:34.71\01:07:40.95
But the time of the
general death decree
01:07:44.52\01:07:46.70
is many months away.
01:07:46.73\01:07:50.15
Well, you're a
special friend of the king.
01:07:50.18\01:07:53.95
Right? Right.
01:07:53.98\01:07:55.75
Go to him, first
thing in the morning
01:07:55.78\01:07:58.93
and ask for a
special little favor.
01:07:58.96\01:08:03.00
Yes, yes. Send
for the carpenters.
01:08:03.03\01:08:07.46
You know, Zeresh,
01:08:08.75\01:08:10.50
for a mere woman,
you're a sly little vixen.
01:08:10.53\01:08:14.23
I just don't want my hero
01:08:16.50\01:08:18.96
loosing any sleep over some
silly little Jew, that's all.
01:08:18.99\01:08:23.84
Am I right? Oh, yeah.
01:08:23.87\01:08:26.46
Your Majesty? Yes.
01:08:31.76\01:08:34.48
But before you
retire, may I ask a question?
01:08:34.51\01:08:39.87
Ask. What was
the queen's request?
01:08:39.90\01:08:44.64
I don't know, Harbona.
01:08:44.67\01:08:47.73
You don't? She didn't say.
01:08:47.76\01:08:50.71
What strange behavior, to
risk one's life for nothing.
01:08:52.52\01:08:57.90
No. Not for nothing.
01:08:57.93\01:09:01.55
For something of
utmost importance.
01:09:01.58\01:09:04.93
Well, why does she delay?
01:09:04.96\01:09:07.97
I don't know, but Haman and I
01:09:08.00\01:09:11.54
are invited again tomorrow
night to another banquet.
01:09:11.57\01:09:14.87
I'm sure that she will present
her request at that time.
01:09:16.10\01:09:20.26
You mean, we have to--
01:09:20.29\01:09:22.34
I mean, you, have to
wait yet another day?
01:09:22.37\01:09:27.30
Yes, another day.
01:09:27.33\01:09:30.90
And no, I don't want to
pass the time hunting lions.
01:09:30.93\01:09:35.67
Yes, Sire. And good
evening to you sire.
01:09:35.70\01:09:40.34
Harbona. Yes, Your Majesty.
01:09:40.37\01:09:44.73
What is that
infernal racket I hear?
01:09:44.76\01:09:48.63
I don't know,
someone in the wealthy sector
01:09:48.66\01:09:53.01
seems to be
remodeling his house.
01:09:53.04\01:09:55.67
At this hour, the stupid fool.
01:09:55.70\01:09:59.87
Remind me to
make a law about that.
01:09:59.90\01:10:02.48
Yes, Sire, good evening Sire.
01:10:02.51\01:10:06.25
Good evening, Harbona.
01:10:06.28\01:10:07.75
397, 398,
01:10:11.53\01:10:15.86
399, 400.
01:10:15.89\01:10:22.52
Oh, curse it all. Harbona!
01:10:22.55\01:10:28.18
Harbona! Coming, Your Majesty.
01:10:28.85\01:10:32.25
Did you called,
Sire? I can't sleep.
01:10:36.36\01:10:39.52
Mathematics always put
you to sleep in school.
01:10:40.76\01:10:43.65
Have you tried-- Yes.
01:10:43.68\01:10:45.43
Bring me, my
Chronicles of State Events.
01:10:46.95\01:10:49.73
I shall review
my past decisions.
01:10:49.76\01:10:53.46
Yes, Your Majesty.
01:10:53.49\01:10:57.58
What is that racket?
01:10:57.61\01:10:59.81
And you said the man was giving
01:11:02.35\01:11:03.75
command to one of the provinces?
01:11:03.78\01:11:06.18
For his outstanding
service to his Highness.
01:11:06.21\01:11:08.95
Good, good. Read on.
01:11:08.98\01:11:11.91
"And it came to pass that
two of the king's doorkeepers,
01:11:11.94\01:11:16.59
Bigthan and Teresh by name,
01:11:16.62\01:11:19.85
plotted against
the life of the king.
01:11:19.88\01:11:22.81
Howbeit, they were foiled
01:11:22.84\01:11:24.87
by the swift action
of one, Mordecai the Jew.
01:11:24.90\01:11:29.74
Upon investigation,
Mordecai's charges were found
01:11:29.77\01:11:33.46
to be accurate and
the two conspirators
01:11:33.49\01:11:37.09
were visited with death."
01:11:37.12\01:11:38.85
The wretches. Read on.
01:11:38.88\01:11:41.88
"Upon one occasion, the
king being greatly in need of--"
01:11:41.91\01:11:45.59
Wait! Wait! Yes, sire?
01:11:45.62\01:11:48.13
What about
Mordecai? What about him?
01:11:48.16\01:11:52.63
What honor was
paid him for his deed?
01:11:52.66\01:11:54.82
Nothing, sire. What?
01:11:57.13\01:11:59.52
Nothing is recorded here, sire.
01:12:01.12\01:12:02.98
Is this how the king rewards
his most faithful servants?
01:12:03.01\01:12:06.98
We must end to
this matter at once.
01:12:07.01\01:12:08.69
Oh, indeed at once.
01:12:08.72\01:12:11.38
The only problem is, what to do?
01:12:11.41\01:12:15.79
The prime
minister, Your Highness.
01:12:15.82\01:12:18.33
Just who I needed. Send him in.
01:12:18.36\01:12:20.00
The Prime Minister, Lord Haman!
01:12:21.04\01:12:23.84
Your Majesty. Haman.
01:12:27.26\01:12:30.63
What brings you to the
court at this early hour?
01:12:30.66\01:12:33.17
I have come to request a small,
01:12:33.20\01:12:35.80
but important
favor of Your Majesty.
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Anything you wish.
01:12:38.41\01:12:39.78
You see-- But first,
01:12:39.81\01:12:41.42
I have a small
favor to ask of you.
01:12:41.45\01:12:43.48
But of course, Your Majesty.
01:12:43.51\01:12:45.61
I'm your most humble servant.
01:12:45.64\01:12:49.54
Tell me, Haman, as
my trusted counselor,
01:12:49.57\01:12:54.52
how may the king best honor
01:12:54.55\01:12:56.40
a one in whom he
has found great delight?
01:12:56.43\01:12:59.02
"Is there any besides myself
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whom the king might
more delight to honor?
01:13:03.88\01:13:07.82
Nay, I can think of none."
01:13:07.85\01:13:11.61
A very difficult
question, Your Majesty.
01:13:11.64\01:13:15.16
Certainly you would
want to honor this person
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in a manner suitable
to your munificence. Yes.
01:13:20.53\01:13:25.26
Give me but a
moment to consider.
01:13:25.29\01:13:27.37
"Ask for thyself
honor of the highest order."
01:13:27.40\01:13:31.21
Yes, let this
be done for the man
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whom the king delights to honor.
01:13:35.31\01:13:38.68
Let the king bring
forth one of his royal robes.
01:13:38.71\01:13:42.03
Yes, good. And the
king's royal crown.
01:13:42.06\01:13:45.66
Oh, yes.
01:13:45.69\01:13:47.09
And the king's
personal stallion.
01:13:47.12\01:13:48.67
Oh, a good touch.
01:13:48.70\01:13:50.47
Then let the king choose
one of his most noble princes.
01:13:50.50\01:13:56.41
And have this most noble prince
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dress the honored man
in the king's royal robe.
01:14:00.48\01:14:04.72
Place the king's royal
crown upon his most noble brow.
01:14:04.75\01:14:10.37
Mount him upon your
magnificent charger.
01:14:10.40\01:14:14.64
And personally lead him
through the streets of the city.
01:14:14.67\01:14:18.97
Excellent, Haman.
01:14:19.00\01:14:20.37
Your Majesty. And further--
01:14:20.40\01:14:22.77
More? Haman, you're a genius.
01:14:22.80\01:14:25.29
And furthermore, Your Majesty.
01:14:25.32\01:14:27.19
Let this noble prince
stop at each intersection
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and proclaim loudly,
"Thus it shall be done
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and to the man whom the
king delights to honor!"
01:14:37.50\01:14:40.34
Excellent, Haman. Excellent!
01:14:40.37\01:14:42.03
Thank Your
Majesty, it was nothing.
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Haman, my beloved friend,
since you are my prime minister,
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my most trusted
confidant, my most noble prince.
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Your Majesty. I
want you to take my robe.
01:14:54.65\01:14:57.92
Oh, Your Majesty.
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Get my crown, choose my personal
stallion and without fail.
01:14:59.35\01:15:03.87
Your Majesty--
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Do all these things
to Mordecai the Jew.
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Did you say, Mordecai
the Jew, Your Majesty?
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Yes. He sits at the king's gate.
01:15:15.48\01:15:17.68
You may have noticed him there.
01:15:17.71\01:15:20.37
Yes. I think I
have noticed the man.
01:15:20.40\01:15:24.58
Are you all right?
01:15:26.37\01:15:28.46
Fine, Your Majesty,
thank you, just fine.
01:15:28.49\01:15:30.48
Good, good.
01:15:30.51\01:15:32.41
Now start immediately
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and I want you to
cover the whole city.
01:15:33.84\01:15:35.25
I shall, Your Majesty, I shall.
01:15:35.28\01:15:37.44
Oh, Haman? Sire?
01:15:39.50\01:15:42.33
Wasn't there
something you wish to ask of me?
01:15:42.36\01:15:45.65
Oh, no, Your Majesty.
01:15:45.68\01:15:48.87
You have answered
all of my questions.
01:15:48.90\01:15:52.42
I have. Yes, Your
Majesty, good day.
01:15:52.45\01:15:56.86
Good day. Don't
forget our banquet.
01:15:56.89\01:15:59.61
I'll there, Your Majesty.
01:15:59.64\01:16:02.02
Be sure to be on time.
I shall, sire. I shall.
01:16:02.05\01:16:06.22
How long now, Harbona?
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How long? Until the banquet.
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Oh, uh.
01:16:17.10\01:16:19.37
Ten hours, sire. Ten hours.
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Oh, time!
01:16:22.02\01:16:24.48
What a mysterious substance.
01:16:24.51\01:16:26.44
It races like water
during the good times,
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but turns to
glue during the bad.
01:16:29.98\01:16:33.88
Stubborn, sticky stuff.
01:16:33.91\01:16:37.69
And then I had to lead
him all about the city,
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stopping at each intersection
to proclaim his honor.
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I tell you, Zeresh, I've never
been so humiliated in my life.
01:16:53.89\01:17:01.28
This is serious.
You think I don't know?
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But what am I to do?
01:17:05.49\01:17:08.01
I don't know yet.
01:17:09.96\01:17:13.04
But if you've been publicly
humiliated by a Jew this way,
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there's no way you'll
prevail against him now.
01:17:19.26\01:17:23.29
But there's the
king's death decree
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which can never be altered.
01:17:25.43\01:17:27.51
Dark, Haman. Very, very dark.
01:17:33.34\01:17:37.70
I fear for our lives.
01:17:39.01\01:17:41.49
Now, now, Zeresh,
it's not that bad.
01:17:41.52\01:17:46.13
I have won the
confidence of the queen.
01:17:46.16\01:17:49.05
And I still wear
the king's signet ring.
01:17:49.08\01:17:52.99
I'll work things
out yet, you watch.
01:17:53.02\01:17:55.84
Indeed I shall. Enter.
01:17:57.50\01:17:59.91
The king summons Haman,
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the Prime Minister to attend
the banquet of Queen Esther.
01:18:04.56\01:18:08.51
Time already? Past time already.
01:18:10.02\01:18:13.45
Oh dear.
01:18:13.48\01:18:15.00
The king hates
to be kept waiting.
01:18:15.03\01:18:18.13
I'll be with you.
I'll go help him dress.
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You work here? Yes, sir.
01:18:26.08\01:18:28.03
What are the big gallows for?
01:18:34.22\01:18:36.83
Nothing.
01:18:36.86\01:18:38.23
You don't build
gallows that high for nothing.
01:18:38.26\01:18:41.48
Yes, sir.
01:18:41.51\01:18:42.88
Who are the gallows
for? Haman built them, sir.
01:18:44.76\01:18:49.63
Who did Haman
build them for, miss?
01:18:49.66\01:18:53.76
Nobody. What is
the nobody's name?
01:18:53.79\01:18:58.08
Mordecai, the Jew, sir.
01:19:00.37\01:19:03.88
Oh, how interesting.
01:19:03.91\01:19:07.59
Ready, sorry to
keep you waiting.
01:19:12.60\01:19:15.22
Oh, you haven't kept me waiting.
01:19:15.25\01:19:17.79
Oh, see you
this evening, Zeresh.
01:19:17.82\01:19:21.91
Yes, dear. Have a good dinner.
01:19:21.94\01:19:24.81
Things don't look
good, do they mistress?
01:19:27.29\01:19:29.35
Does the guard
know about the gallows?
01:19:32.11\01:19:36.04
Does he? Yes, mistress.
01:19:36.07\01:19:38.07
Pack my bags.
01:19:40.05\01:19:42.54
Delicious, my Queen,
absolutely delicious.
01:19:45.44\01:19:48.62
Thank you, Your Majesty.
01:19:48.65\01:19:50.39
Have you enjoyed supper, Haman?
01:19:50.42\01:19:52.12
Oh, certainly, Your Majesty.
01:19:52.15\01:19:54.26
More I like of the Queen's
cuisine has never been seen.
01:19:54.29\01:19:59.08
Sort of has a
ring to it, doesn't it.
01:19:59.11\01:20:01.21
Indeed.
01:20:01.24\01:20:03.75
But now, to the
business at hand.
01:20:03.78\01:20:08.00
What is your request?
01:20:08.03\01:20:11.20
I hesitate to ask you
do a favor, Your Majesty.
01:20:11.23\01:20:13.87
Nonsense, my fairest.
01:20:13.90\01:20:15.66
Ask whatever you will
and I shall grant it--
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unto half of my kingdom.
01:20:18.88\01:20:20.80
Isn't that right, Haman?
01:20:20.83\01:20:22.25
Indeed, Your Majesty.
01:20:22.28\01:20:23.96
Do you love me?
01:20:23.99\01:20:25.79
What kind of question is that?
01:20:25.82\01:20:27.88
Do you?
01:20:27.91\01:20:30.63
From the moment I first saw you.
01:20:31.95\01:20:34.13
Would you prefer
that I leave Your Majesty?
01:20:36.85\01:20:39.65
Well, come to think of this.
01:20:39.68\01:20:41.35
No, no please stay.
01:20:41.38\01:20:43.27
This involves you.
01:20:43.30\01:20:45.72
It does? It does?
01:20:45.75\01:20:47.12
Have I found favor
in your eyes, oh King?
01:20:47.15\01:20:49.32
More than I can
tell you, my love.
01:20:49.35\01:20:52.65
But what is your request?
01:20:52.68\01:20:54.84
It is but a
simple favor that I ask.
01:20:54.87\01:20:57.69
Well, ask.
01:20:57.72\01:20:59.78
There is a
decree that has gone out
01:20:59.81\01:21:01.54
from the hands of an evil one,
01:21:01.57\01:21:02.94
that will destroy the peace
and prosperity of your kingdom.
01:21:02.97\01:21:05.84
What decree?
01:21:05.87\01:21:09.48
Does the king
wish to see a copy?
01:21:09.51\01:21:11.92
Yes, go.
01:21:11.95\01:21:15.34
Who does this decree involve?
01:21:15.37\01:21:16.74
Your most diligent and
faithful people, Your Majesty.
01:21:16.77\01:21:19.44
Who? The Jewish people.
01:21:19.47\01:21:21.76
The Jews? Yes, Your Majesty.
01:21:21.79\01:21:24.45
I know of no decree
concerning the Jews.
01:21:24.48\01:21:28.71
I am sorry to trouble
you with such matters.
01:21:28.74\01:21:31.24
If only we had
been sold into slavery,
01:21:31.27\01:21:33.42
we could have endured
the bitterness thereby.
01:21:33.45\01:21:35.49
But, we--- We?
01:21:35.52\01:21:37.84
Yes we.
01:21:40.29\01:21:42.86
If we had only
been sold into slavery,
01:21:42.89\01:21:45.39
we could have
endured the bitterness.
01:21:45.42\01:21:49.10
Though your kingdom would have
suffered great loss thereby.
01:21:49.13\01:21:52.87
But, now by the
hands of the evil one,
01:21:52.90\01:21:55.18
we are doomed to die! To die!
01:21:55.21\01:21:57.86
I know, I ask is
that you don't kill me.
01:21:57.89\01:21:59.68
Kill you? And
don't destroy my people.
01:21:59.71\01:22:02.04
Destroy the Jews?
01:22:02.07\01:22:03.44
And don't kill
my beloved Mordecai.
01:22:03.47\01:22:05.23
He who was my
savior? Yes, My Lord.
01:22:05.26\01:22:08.04
Esther, my Queen,
what are you talking about?
01:22:08.07\01:22:11.15
The Jews have done us no
harm and we love Mordecai.
01:22:11.18\01:22:15.02
There is a decree
gone out from the king.
01:22:15.05\01:22:17.41
The king? And he sentenced me
01:22:17.44\01:22:19.16
and my people to be destroyed.
01:22:19.19\01:22:20.59
What? To be slain.
01:22:20.62\01:22:22.24
Slay my Queen.
01:22:22.27\01:22:23.91
No one is to be spared.
01:22:23.94\01:22:26.26
This is utter madness.
01:22:26.29\01:22:28.80
Who is he?
01:22:28.83\01:22:30.24
Where is he that would
dare to do such a thing?
01:22:30.27\01:22:33.01
Well, speak.
01:22:33.04\01:22:37.20
The adversary and
enemy is this wicked man.
01:22:37.23\01:22:43.55
Haman!
01:22:43.58\01:22:44.95
Haman.
01:22:44.98\01:22:46.97
Oh, my Queen, you must save me.
01:22:54.02\01:22:57.24
I didn't know it
would involve you.
01:22:57.27\01:22:59.28
Please you must help me.
01:22:59.31\01:23:03.81
Esther, you must hear me.
01:23:03.84\01:23:06.15
Please Esther, I
beg of you please--What!
01:23:09.30\01:23:13.35
Will the vile wretch
now force the Queen as well?
01:23:13.38\01:23:16.45
The decree, Your Majesty.
01:23:18.57\01:23:20.33
"Xerxes, the King.
01:23:20.36\01:23:22.54
Be destroyed, with
their wives and children.
01:23:22.57\01:23:26.47
No mercy. Signed
Xerxes, the King."
01:23:26.50\01:23:30.81
King, may be
interested in knowing
01:23:31.79\01:23:33.74
that Haman has had a
gallows erected of 75 feet.
01:23:33.77\01:23:38.75
To what purpose?
01:23:38.78\01:23:40.15
To hang thereon
Mordecai, the king's officer.
01:23:40.18\01:23:47.81
To destroy my most
industrious people.
01:23:47.84\01:23:52.28
You would slay my Queen.
01:23:52.31\01:23:55.15
And then you would reward
01:23:55.18\01:23:56.65
those who save my
life by hanging them.
01:23:56.68\01:24:01.04
And what were your
plans for me, Haman,
01:24:01.07\01:24:04.05
my most trusted friend?
01:24:04.08\01:24:08.82
Away, vile wretch.
01:24:08.85\01:24:11.39
Go to your gallows
01:24:11.42\01:24:12.79
and see if they work
to your satisfaction.
01:24:12.82\01:24:14.65
Oh, Haman. I want my ring.
01:24:16.73\01:24:20.27
Traitor. Foul betrayer of trust.
01:24:29.64\01:24:33.94
Are you all right, My Queen?
01:24:40.01\01:24:42.13
I am, Your Majesty.
01:24:42.16\01:24:45.03
I must apologize
for the fool, Haman.
01:24:45.06\01:24:49.99
And apologize
forever trusting him
01:24:50.02\01:24:52.27
with such important matters.
01:24:52.30\01:24:56.62
The question now is.
01:24:56.65\01:25:00.20
What to do to save your people?
01:25:00.23\01:25:02.71
May I suggest my
adopted father be consulted?
01:25:02.74\01:25:07.33
But of course. Who is he?
01:25:07.36\01:25:10.56
Is he who
formerly saved your life.
01:25:10.59\01:25:12.47
Mordecai? Yes.
When my parents died,
01:25:14.43\01:25:18.05
he took me and
raised me as his daughter.
01:25:18.08\01:25:20.57
He raised you
to be what you are?
01:25:20.60\01:25:24.11
Yes. He is a wise and
gentleman, Your Majesty.
01:25:24.14\01:25:27.50
Yes. He must be.
01:25:27.53\01:25:32.63
By all means in for him.
01:25:32.66\01:25:36.21
He shall take the place of
the foul Haman the Agagite.
01:25:36.24\01:25:42.92
We shall give him this.
01:25:42.95\01:25:46.82
Yes. Your Majesty.
01:25:49.80\01:25:51.63
Lord Mordecai to
see Her Highness.
01:25:58.56\01:26:00.18
Send him in.
01:26:00.21\01:26:02.18
Oh, Poppy. Hadassah.
01:26:05.75\01:26:08.66
I've missed you so.
01:26:08.69\01:26:10.06
I though, I would
never see you again.
01:26:10.09\01:26:12.77
Are you all right?
I'm fine. God is good.
01:26:12.80\01:26:15.87
You are more
beautiful than I remember.
01:26:15.90\01:26:17.91
And you haven't aged a day.
01:26:17.94\01:26:19.70
How are our people?
They fear the decree.
01:26:21.75\01:26:25.55
As well they
ought. God will save us.
01:26:25.58\01:26:28.40
But, how? The
decree cannot be altered.
01:26:28.43\01:26:31.23
No, but it can be
countered with another.
01:26:31.26\01:26:34.59
Saying what?
01:26:34.62\01:26:36.09
Giving the Jews
permission to defend themselves
01:26:36.12\01:26:40.22
and by appointing
the king's officers
01:26:40.25\01:26:42.33
to insure fair play.
01:26:42.36\01:26:43.93
Yes, draw it up.
01:26:43.96\01:26:46.56
But, who I'm I to make such a--
01:26:46.59\01:26:49.24
The king told me
to give you this.
01:26:49.27\01:26:52.30
The king's ring.
01:26:52.33\01:26:53.87
For the new Prime Minister.
01:26:53.90\01:26:56.17
You draw up the
edict and I will go
01:26:56.20\01:26:58.27
and hand it to
him, have him sign it.
01:26:58.30\01:27:00.14
You will risk your life again?
01:27:00.17\01:27:02.44
It is no risk.
01:27:02.47\01:27:04.16
I love the king and he loves me.
01:27:04.19\01:27:06.97
Truly, Hadassah,
God has sent you,
01:27:07.00\01:27:10.74
just for such a time.
01:27:10.77\01:27:13.27
You know, Poppy.
What you said was true.
01:27:13.30\01:27:15.85
What's that?
01:27:15.88\01:27:17.25
"Like the stars in
their vast orbits--
01:27:17.28\01:27:19.88
God's plans know
neither haste nor delay.
01:27:19.91\01:27:24.13
"The spirit of Haman lives on.
01:27:29.05\01:27:31.16
While you led out
your calm and quiet lives,
01:27:31.19\01:27:33.84
the spirit of
religious intolerance
01:27:33.87\01:27:35.94
is knocking at
legislative doors.
01:27:35.97\01:27:38.17
And history speaks with
a united voice to tell us
01:27:38.20\01:27:40.94
that state enforced
religion has always,
01:27:40.97\01:27:44.11
and will always
lead to persecution.
01:27:44.14\01:27:46.79
This country was founded
on the principle of separation
01:27:46.82\01:27:49.55
between church and state.
01:27:49.58\01:27:51.03
And if religion, any
religion, shall ever control
01:27:51.06\01:27:54.97
the laws of our glorious
land, the spirit of Haman
01:27:55.00\01:27:58.12
will rule once more.
01:27:58.15\01:27:59.67
And the story of
Esther will happen again.
01:27:59.70\01:28:01.83
This must never be.
01:28:01.86\01:28:04.30
In the Bible
story, God sent Esther.
01:28:04.33\01:28:06.64
In the coming
crisis, God sends you.
01:28:06.67\01:28:09.87
It may be, that as He guides
01:28:09.90\01:28:12.21
the stars and
galaxies in their vast orbits,
01:28:12.24\01:28:15.09
so as He placed
you where you are,
01:28:15.12\01:28:17.58
knowing what you
know, just for such a time."
01:28:17.61\01:28:22.90